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The seal of the Federal Aviation Administration (credit: PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)

FAA To Close 149 Air Traffic Towers, Including Several In Tri-State Area

The agency announced the decision Friday, a month after it released a preliminary list of facilities that could be closed.

2013/03/22

Groton-New London Airport (file)

Blumenthal Blames FAA For Airport Control Tower Closures; Says They’re Unnecessary

A group of U.S. Senators is working to keep the airport control towers from closing due to a lack of funding under sequester cuts.

2013/03/18

Tweed New Haven Regional Airport Control Tower (file / credit: Tweed New Haven Regional Airport)

Murphy To Try Keeping Six Conn. Airport Control Towers Open Amid Sequester

The very idea of closing the control towers is insane, according to U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy.

2013/03/07

Paul Valeri says his mother is lucky to be a live after a small plane crashed in her yard in Danbury (credit: CBS 2)

Pilot Killed After Small Plane Crashes In Danbury

A small airplane clipped a house and crashed in Danbury on Sunday evening, killing the pilot, officials said. A 91-year-old woman was luckily unhurt when the plane crashed in her yard just outsider her kitchen.

2011/10/17

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